 But even so, you'd hope that a relatively highly paid judge in a metro area like Atlanta would be well-qualified, professional, competent. At the very least, you might think that she'd have some capacity to control herself in public. But last week, it became clear to everyone that Peterson lacks every single one of those characteristics. She apparently got into a fight outside of a nightclub and hit a police officer, and it was all recorded on the officer's body camera. Watch.